We just got the *official* diagnosis of Bipolar w/ADHD regarding my stepson. Mood stablizers will be started this week and hopefully a lot of his behavioral issues will improve.
BTW, make sure you have your kid evaluated by a child **psychiatrist** and not a child psychologist. A psychologist can't prescribe MEDS. Mentioned to help other parents avoid making the same mistake we did. ARGH.
For now I'm needing to vent about his destructive behavior. I know I can't expect anything to change until he gets stablized. UGH.
Anyway, my hubby vacuumed the upstairs yesterday and the boys bedroom looked great. SS (stepson) destroyed his bedroom by ripping some papers and heaven only knows what else, into a million pieces (okay not literally a million pieces, but it looks like a million LOL). And SS poked a hole in his beanbag this morning and got the filling all over his floor (that'll teach me to buy him a beanbag !) and SS poked three holes in his new shirt.
Needless to say, SS is hand picking up everything on the floor. I figured if he's busy he can't get into even more trouble. But I could get proved wrong. LOL
The destructve behavior is draining to deal with.
Can anyone else relate ?
YES. EVERYONE HEAR IS SLOPPY. i MET A LADY WITH A CHILD WITH BOTH ADHD/BP HE IS ON DEPAKOTE/CONCERTA. SINCE DOING VITAMINS AND DEPAKOTE HE IS BETTER. AVOIDING HIS FOOD ALLERGIES ALSO HAS HELPED.